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Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link)

In article ,
anim8rFSK  wrote:
> In article ,
>  Your Name  wrote:
> > In article ,
> > anim8rFSK  wrote:
> > > In article ,
> > >  Your Name  wrote:
> > > > In article , Jan Alter
> > > >  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Delightful.
> > > > > 
> > > > >     No more oil changes.
> > > > 
> > > > I don't know about that review link, but electric cars
still use oil to
> > > > lubricate the various moving parts (wheel bearings,
etc.) as well as in
> > > > the production of much of the world's electricity. 
> > > 
> > > Most of it's sealed, but you've got battery pack coolant,
brake fluid, 
> > > gearbox oil, windshield wiper fluid, whatever it uses for 'freon' ... 
> > > you have to have $600 a year in service from Tesla where presumably 
> > > they'll do all that; of course, there's not a Tesla dealer within the 
> > > car's driving range of me, so that would be a problem.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone who believes electric cars are a panacea to the
"oil crisis" or
> > > > the "green revolution" is simply a blinkered moron.
> > > 
> > > Yeah, they've bought into 'tailpipe emissions' and don't
realize that as 
> > > much or more pollution is being generated, just upstream.
> > 
> > Also "downstream" in trying to get rid of all those extra toxic
> > batteries. Plus, since the pile of batteries inside them will
> > expensively need to be replaced fairly often, most people will simply
> > upgrade to a newer car (one of the real reasons behind the push), which
> > means then also means extra material to be disposed of.
> > 
> > 
> > Here in New Zealand, they've just started new electric trains in
> > Auckland City (some parts, since not all the lines are electrified yet)
> > and are boasting about how great they are ... except they have to keep
> > the old diesel trains around beacuse when the electricty goes down the
> > only way to then move the stupid new trains is by towing them with a
> > real train. :-\
> 
> LOL

It would be funny if it wasn't tax-payer money being wasted on buying
something like 38 new trains to run on a railway system that only has
two lines and a dead-end city centre station with only four platforms.
Not to mention that they couldn't run the system they had properly. 
:-\

The morons in charge now want to waste piles more money digging an
underground "City Loop" line (including buying and compensating
affected building owners) that comes out of the dead-end station and
goes up under the main city centre street to join in to the existing
line back at the top ... this is after having had a free bus service
running up and down the main street that was under-used.
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